1105http://instaessayarchive.org/files/original/11c930cccf084b8884ffd5c070724a0b.jpg299acb0fab326bd89c584fcd35ea8204Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceInstagram EssaysSubjectThe topic of the resourceThis is a growing archive of Instagram Essays.DescriptionAn account of the resourceThe following is an archive of work by writers/photographers who have been experimenting with Instagram as a medium for telling short-from journalistic pieces. Much like so-called flash fiction, the writers are limited to a predefined length -- here set by Instagram's 2200 character limit. The stories represented make profound use of that short space to tell important stories from a variety of locales, including the United States, Norway, Russia, and Kenya.CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceJonathan D. FitzgeraldSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedInstagramDateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resourceInitial upload: 12/9/14RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceAll rights belong to the creator of each item.TextA resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.TextAny textual data included in the documentIn the moments between movements you peeked, Marwan Najat. Stole glances. Let curiosity win. It was too much, a stranger sitting there with you in a place few strangers come, and we all know 8 is a difficult age. You should be praised for the fluency and rhythm of your prayer, the grace with which you know the order and line of devotion. Later, when I meet your tall, rugged father, he will beam at you, proud and tender, and push you gently forward to shake my hand: you are his son, alhamdullilah. I remember Sunday school and pews with creaking backs, the daydream scent of churches and the books with their incensed pages. Wonder and mystery, sure, but that came later. You are already far beyond me. When Friday prayers are finished you lead me up to a balcony above the main floor of the Talabani family mosque and together we watch for a while as the old imam leads his congregation of Kurds and Arabs and others into music. Your father and brother will play the daff, a hoop drum with sheepskin stretched across it, while the crowd sings and dances and shakes the mosque with the size of its longing. Some will enter trances, some will spin like dervishes. Men with long black hair will flail the air with it as though their prayers were whips. Everyone is always saying that Kirkuk is Iraq in miniatureâ€”all its people, all its faith, crowded in between the gas flares and the desert plains, pressed up against the darkness of ISIS. Why not, Marwan Najat? â€œI've been coming to this mosque since I was a small boy,â€ù your father, a Turkman, says. â€œYou know, we all have the same God.â€ù And then he looks down at you. #onassignment for @natgeo
#kurdistan #natgeo #kirkuk #iraq #prayer #instakurd #faith #everydayiraq #everydaymiddleeast #peshmerga #isis #onassignment for #nationalgeographic @petergwin @kengeiger â€¢â€¢ a series: #kurds2015Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceIn the moments between movements you peeked, M…RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceneilshea13CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceNeil SheaSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedhttps://instagram.com/p/2JIsFjJ91h/DateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource5/1/15everydayiraqeverydaymiddleeastfaithinstakurdiraqisiskirkukkurdistankurds2015natgeonationalgeographiconassignmentpeshmergaprayerhttp://instaessayarchive.org/files/original/a489ff80bf3c01b602197f4666068dbf.jpg3e232c2628f9c33464da0b9197bb4183Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceInstagram EssaysSubjectThe topic of the resourceThis is a growing archive of Instagram Essays.DescriptionAn account of the resourceThe following is an archive of work by writers/photographers who have been experimenting with Instagram as a medium for telling short-from journalistic pieces. Much like so-called flash fiction, the writers are limited to a predefined length -- here set by Instagram's 2200 character limit. The stories represented make profound use of that short space to tell important stories from a variety of locales, including the United States, Norway, Russia, and Kenya.CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceJonathan D. FitzgeraldSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedInstagramDateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resourceInitial upload: 12/9/14RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceAll rights belong to the creator of each item.TextA resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.TextAny textual data included in the documentFor now the front is more about tea and waiting than ISIS and battle. At this spot just south of Kirkuk, beyond the oil fields and the slow green canal, there is shooting every day but mostly it's a kind of conversation, and mostly it is the Kurds talking to themselves. ISIS is weak here, everyone says so. Just ask: Yes, beams a colonel, his ancient tanks peeling in the sun. Yes, frowns a Spaniard, who came hoping for greater glory. Of course, says the cook, boiling eggs in a half-crushed pot. Not far away, across a waste of grass and trash, in a village ringed with trees, ISIS fighters are waiting, too. Last week they were attacking. They came at night, or in the early morning. Crept in under cover of spring fog. A few weeks before that they were at the edge of the city, ready to purge in the name of God. But each time they have been beaten back. The Kurds have had helpâ€”airstrikes provided by foreign friendsâ€”and it's given them time to build earthworks, berms and mounds and walls of mud that zipper north and south almost as far as one can see. This has become the new border of Kurdistan, and it offers a fresh grip on an old claim. Atop the tallest mounds anti-aircraft guns point toward the enemy. ISIS has no planes, but whatever. Neither do the Kurds. After dark we hear explosions over there, in ISIS territory, though no one can say what's happening. The booms echo across the field like questions, and all along the Kurdish wall soldiers answer with gunfire. Little pops, frantic light. It's just talking. Asking. Inviting. Hey, ISIS, what are you up to? Come see us. We're waiting. #onassignment for @natgeo
#kurdistan #natgeo #kirkuk #iraq #kurdishwall #frontline #instakurd #everydayiraq #everydaymiddleeast #peshmerga #isis #daesh #onassignment for #nationalgeographic @petergwin @kengeiger @hawrekhalid @yuri.kozyrev â€¢â€¢ a series: #kurds2015Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceFor now the front is more about tea and waitin…RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceneilshea13CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceNeil SheaSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedhttps://instagram.com/p/2QznYbp95D/DateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource5/4/15daesheverydayiraqeverydaymiddleeastfrontlineinstakurdiraqisiskirkukkurdishwallkurdistankurds2015natgeonationalgeographiconassignmentpeshmergahttp://instaessayarchive.org/files/original/3c454035d2fd2f070b960d36ed4fe8c3.jpg0ca135c05d5f61c1a35408b10a79f680Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceInstagram EssaysSubjectThe topic of the resourceThis is a growing archive of Instagram Essays.DescriptionAn account of the resourceThe following is an archive of work by writers/photographers who have been experimenting with Instagram as a medium for telling short-from journalistic pieces. Much like so-called flash fiction, the writers are limited to a predefined length -- here set by Instagram's 2200 character limit. The stories represented make profound use of that short space to tell important stories from a variety of locales, including the United States, Norway, Russia, and Kenya.CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceJonathan D. FitzgeraldSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedInstagramDateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resourceInitial upload: 12/9/14RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceAll rights belong to the creator of each item.TextA resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.TextAny textual data included in the documentHere is the enemy, shoeless and sulking, a few hours after his capture. In the interview room he is well-behaved. The air smells of cologne and cigarettes. A policeman places a small plastic table before him, sets a cup of water there. Even ISIS fighters drink water. Sami Hussein is weary. Probably it has been a long night. Otherwise he seems unharmed. Only his thumb is discolored, black-and-blue with the ink used to sign the confession. The room is full of policemen who tick like clocks. Soon the table and the water, untouched, are removed. One cop shifts his rifle to the other shoulder, another cop begins asking questions. Sami Hussein confirms what we have heard. Many fighters have come from Europe and America, and Yaziidi girls are passed hand to hand for a few worthless moments of so-called marriage. He talks of Islam and car bombs and airstrikes. He says ISIS lured him in with tales of glory. He says he regrets joining. Or does he regret getting caught? When you left Kirkuk and went out to ISIS, did you imagine, Sami, that heaven is earned with rape and blood? Maybe you're a dumb kid who made a bad mistake. Maybe you were only a chai boy carrying tea along the front line. But these days no one remembers mercy. You will be executed. You will vanish. A commander says you should be hurried out of the light. I admit to a Kurdish friend that my heart hurts for all of this and he is stunned. Why? he says, almost angry. This guy is ISIS. But really I'm thinking of your mother, Sami. They caught you sneaking home to see her. #onassignment for @natgeo
#kurdistan #natgeo #kirkuk #iraq #instakurd #everydayiraq #everydaymiddleeast #peshmerga #isis #daesh #prisoner #onassignment for #nationalgeographic @petergwin @kengeiger @yuri.kozyrev @hawrekhalid â€¢â€¢ a series: #kurds2015Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceHere is the enemy, shoeless and sulking, a few…RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceneilshea13CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceNeil SheaSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedhttps://instagram.com/p/2bE0R0p91Z/DateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource5/8/15daesheverydayiraqeverydaymiddleeastinstakurdiraqisiskirkukkurdistankurds2015natgeonationalgeographiconassignmentpeshmergaprisonerhttp://instaessayarchive.org/files/original/9ea040225d57e2776a6543044047d239.jpg8996b7169d90c3bc48a0a08adf6fa88aDublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceInstagram EssaysSubjectThe topic of the resourceThis is a growing archive of Instagram Essays.DescriptionAn account of the resourceThe following is an archive of work by writers/photographers who have been experimenting with Instagram as a medium for telling short-from journalistic pieces. Much like so-called flash fiction, the writers are limited to a predefined length -- here set by Instagram's 2200 character limit. The stories represented make profound use of that short space to tell important stories from a variety of locales, including the United States, Norway, Russia, and Kenya.CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceJonathan D. FitzgeraldSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedInstagramDateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resourceInitial upload: 12/9/14RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceAll rights belong to the creator of each item.TextA resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.TextAny textual data included in the documentIn the pet shop the boy rolls a sleeve, reveals a few small shining scars. He points to the gurg, the wolf, and says â€œHe did this.â€ù Tugs up a trouser leg, shows more. Points. â€œHim.â€ù For $500 the wolf can be mine. â€œFrom Iran.â€ù Another $300 will buy the ostrich chained up out front, near the monkeys and hedgehogs. I consider it. I have the money right here. On a hot morning very soon you may find me heading south through the severed neighborhoods and checkpoints with an ostrich and a wolf. I will free them near the front. Near the desert. Who would stop me? Not Kurds. Not Arabs. Only rich men buy such creatures, only insane ones buy two at a go. The boy points toward the cashier's desk where a satin black snake lies coiled in a tank and a type of lizard inhabits an old water bottle. He pours the lizard into my hand. It has no legs. It isn't that kind of lizard. It glides across my palm and twines itself around my finger, a living ring. The boy says something but it's hard to hear over the gargling peacocks. There's a lot of dust in the air. Guinea pigs are squealing. A deer kicks at metal bars. The boy gives up on words and points, points, points. On the wall hangs a black muzzle. To go with the wolf. â€œYes,â€ù I tell him. I make the universal motion. â€œI'll take them all.â€ù This is how you'll know me. American. Hopeful, tangled in leashes. Stumbling through a city of cages. #onassignment for @natgeo
#kurdistan #natgeo #kirkuk #iraq #wolf #everydayiraq #everydaymiddleeast #animals #surreal #onassignment for #nationalgeographic @petergwin @kengeiger @yuri.kozyrev @hawrekhalid â€¢â€¢ a series: #kurds2015Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceIn the pet shop the boy rolls a sleeve, reveal…RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceneilshea13CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceNeil SheaSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedhttps://instagram.com/p/2gLLrNp918/DateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource5/10/15animalseverydayiraqeverydaymiddleeastiraqkirkukkurdistankurds2015natgeonationalgeographiconassignmentsurrealwolfhttp://instaessayarchive.org/files/original/c6b08df3ed1e21d0876ead3e56f2b567.jpg87bde8fa5f857d648f579a0b0f72136fDublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceInstagram EssaysSubjectThe topic of the resourceThis is a growing archive of Instagram Essays.DescriptionAn account of the resourceThe following is an archive of work by writers/photographers who have been experimenting with Instagram as a medium for telling short-from journalistic pieces. Much like so-called flash fiction, the writers are limited to a predefined length -- here set by Instagram's 2200 character limit. The stories represented make profound use of that short space to tell important stories from a variety of locales, including the United States, Norway, Russia, and Kenya.CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceJonathan D. FitzgeraldSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedInstagramDateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resourceInitial upload: 12/9/14RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceAll rights belong to the creator of each item.TextA resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.TextAny textual data included in the documentYuri Kozyrev in Kirkuk, April 2015. You never know what they'll be. They arrive under burden of cameras and shoulder bags, back-up drives, lenses fragile as eggs. And then all the cables and other things that might break or fail carried in nested zippered bags. Who knows but that a slow insult of sand, working deep into a body, might suddenly jam the shutter and leave it frozen like a dead man's eye? There is always a chance of insanity. Many of them have carried cameras so long it shows in coiled shoulders and constant unconscious strap-tugging. You learn them over days by the stories they tell, by where they point the lens and how they hold it. Interrogations, imprisonments, autofocus. Narrow escapes and mysterious ailments. Rangefinders. One hand, two hands, warlords, wives and exes. The good ones laugh and don't overdo it. The good ones prepare you for more and know that light and truth are not the same. With Yuri, I was always eager to hear about Russia when it was Red, when I was a boy and he was trying not to end up in the army. A few years later he would head to Afghanistan anyway but with a camera, not a rifle. As we traveled through small Iraqi towns people thought us funny, an American and a Russian, working together. We were two strange creatures never found in each other's company. Sometimes in the seas of their faces a memory would surface and one of us would have to answer for something our country had done. Yuri would laugh and light a Kent, make a joke, tug at the straps. His grin a kind of solution. He was very good at making people calm, at letting it pass right through him. #onassignment for @natgeo
#kurdistan #kirkuk #citadel #photographers #photography #russians #bw #shorttrue #trueshort #iraq #instakurd #everydaymiddleeast #photographersihaveknown @petergwin @kengeiger @yuri.kozyrev @hawrekhalid â€¢â€¢ a series: #kurds2015Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceYuri Kozyrev in Kirkuk, April 2015. You never …RightsInformation about rights held in and over the resourceneilshea13CreatorAn entity primarily responsible for making the resourceNeil SheaSourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedhttps://instagram.com/p/3RIKc8J94k/DateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource5/29/15CoverageThe spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevantPOINT (-7913244.64959752, 5212775.3380531)bwcitadeleverydaymiddleeastinstakurdiraqkirkukkurdistankurds2015onassignmentphotographersphotographersihaveknownphotographyrussiansshorttruetrueshort